Daily Archives: July 1, 2015

“LIBER is a network where research libraries and other parties interested in scholarly communications come together. Open Access is an issue of particular interest for us, because it’s such a change in terms of moving away from subscriptions, from the traditional library roles towards Open Access, and also what that means for librarians and where…

“We have several people in management from our library who are involved in LIBER communities, in copyright and communications, for example. LIBER gives us an international connection. I come from a rather small country comparatively, and we really need an international perspective on what we do. Research today is truly global and sometimes we need help to…

“I am the managing director of a project called e-Infrastructures Austria, creating a network of the research community in Austria. We are working with LIBER on a European project called LEARN, which is the implementation of the LERU Roadmap for Research Data Management. What I want to say is, come to this institution [the LIBER…

“My involvement with LIBER has just come by chance, through conferences I’ve been at, or through European-funded projects that we’ve been on. The main issue for DCC is Research Data Management, and for me it’s around Data Management Planning. Libraries play a key role in helping researchers, because they’re already managing their data, but all…